Notice means officials must reform traffic stops or face personal bad faith tort lawsuits

The local officials who have received administrative notice about the scope of the Tennessee transportation law are bound with especial duty to obey the law’s plain meaning, pursuant to ordinary rules of statutory construction. My transportation administrative notice intends to help them comply with the law in good faith. It also lays the groundwork for future tort claims against law enforcement actors who misread the law and, shall we delicately say it, over-apply it. Cops, troopers and deputies do so by pretending it applies to private individuals using the roads in the exercise of their constitutional rights and personal necessities (not … Continue reading Notice means officials must reform traffic stops or face personal bad faith tort lawsuits